Delhi High Court · 2025-07-31
INSPECTOR SHIVKALI DHURVE vs UNION OF INDIA AND ORS
- Citation / case number
- W.P.(C)-11260/2025 2025:DHC:6336-DB
- Court
- Delhi High Court
- Petitioner
- INSPECTOR SHIVKALI DHURVE
- Respondent
- UNION OF INDIA AND ORS
Judgment text excerpt
IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI W.P.(C) 11260/2025 & CM APPL. 46299/2025, CM APPL. 46300/2025 INSPECTOR SHIVKALI DHURVE .....Petitioner Through: Mr. M.D. Jangra, Adv. versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Respondents Through: Mr. Siddharth Khatana, Adv. with Mr. Vinod Sawant, Law Officer, CRPF, Insp. Athurv, and Mr. Ramniwas Yadav, CRPF CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE OM PRAKASH SHUKLA JUDGMENT (ORAL) % 31.07.2025 C. HARI SHANKAR, J. 1. The petitioner in this writ petition is aspirant for the post of Assistant Commandant (GD) in the Central Armed Police Forces1. She underwent the selection process but was disqualified at the stage of physical medical examination on the ground of insufficiency in height. The petitioner is member of the Scheduled Tribes, from states in North East. 2. With consent of learned Counsel, as the issue is covered, the petition is taken up finally. 1 “CAPF” hereinafter 3. The grievance of the petitioner is that she was assessed on the basis of a height requirement of 162 cms, which stands relaxed in the case of the ST candidates from the North East to 154 cms. This, she submits, stands affirmed by a judgment dated 13 Augus